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VOL. XIV NO. 74.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1870.
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FIRST EDITION
THE FISK-MAUETZEK FIGIir.
1b 1de tllatory ol Operit Itonffe What Prima
Donnas Cost and Ilww 1 hey are Engaged.
To the Editor of the World.
Sir: Mr. James Fisk, in your issue of to-day,
makes the following personal charges against me:
1. That 1 pocketed certain sums discounted from
the usual rates of commissions allowed to theatrical
agents In Paris, receiving also, In fact, half the com
mission usually paid by the artists to the agent, and
with this charges me with being a thler and a swin
dler. I am compelled to state that Mr. risk's know
ledge of the manner of doing business among artists
Is limited ; his experience of artists Is that or owner
rather than manager, and his relationship with them,
while it is very extensive, is not of a strictly busi
ness character. I may, therefore, Inform him that
the taking of a commission from an artist for
obtaining an engagement is not a swindle so con
sidered either here or In Paris. As I did not receive
one renny commission from the artists and it would
have been strictly legitimate If I had. as theatrical
customs go Mr. Fink's veracity is no better than his
knowledge. In plain truth, the commissions, if any
were paid, were so paid to an agent of Mr. Fist's
own choosing in fans. As the artists themselves
are all here, it would be folly for me to Imitate Mr.
Flak's ratihness, and make assertions which they at
any moment might disprove. The next charge that
I was allowed twenty per cent, discount by the
steamship company on the passage money of the
artists is stupidly, not to say maliciously, jalse. Mr.
Flsk'a characteristic is seen, however, not bo much
In the stupidity as In the effrontery of the assertion.
For the simple truth Is that he made the bargain for
the transportation of the artists himself, by telegraph
with Mr. Verger, the theatrical agent in I'aris, after
1 had left that city, and sent the money to the same
agent by telegram. 1 had nothing whatever to do
with It, as his own papers will show If he ever has
time to look at them. This charge, then, la without
the slightest foundation in fact,
I am accused of charging him with my passage,
when I had received it free at the hands of the
steamship company. I certainly did charge It, and
have got good deal mcc to charge.
The last accusation is that I employed another
agent at a great expense to do the work for which I
was paid. The facts are these: When I returned
from I'aris in April last, I recommended opera
boufle to Ifl r. Fisk. The recommendation in Itself
would have been of little account, but fortunately I
had brought wi'h me photographs of the Parisian
prima donnas. Montaiand and Silly, and these set
tled the matter. I was instructed to telegraph Im
mediately to the agent In I'aris (M. Verger) to engage
these singers. They were so engaged at his (Fist's)
order in May last, while 1 was In New York. The
Fame agent, by his (Flsk's) instructions, was to take
the refusals of as many minor artists as would make
np the troupe, and then to wait for further orders,
as he would likely send nie to Paris to select the
best out of the number. These things are all matters
of record. Mr. Fisk engaged the agent himself that
he accuses me of engaging. So Injudiciously does
a man commit himself when he loses his patience.
TUB C08T OF BOUFFB ARTISTS.
Concerning the great expense for Mr. Verger
Bervlcea, 1 firmly believe that the agent never
charged Mr. Fisk oue cent, but only took the usual
commission from the artists. That, however, he
aIbo is a thief and a scoundrel seems to follow natu
rally by this connection. It would appear to be the
policy of Mr. Fisk to apply those epithets to all men
who have been permitted to mingle In his schemes.
As to the good bargains I m-ide, I still have his
written Instructions, from whict I quote that "all
the principal artists of the company shall not cost
more than about nine thousand dollars, gold, per
month." To show that they do not cost butatrnle
over eight, I here append a list:
Per Month.
M'lle Montaiand 12,000 franca
M'lle Silly 12,000 francs
M'lle Thall 2,V50 francs
M ile Haeb 1,000 francs
M'lle Jdusse 800 francs
First Tenor, Uossin B.noo francs
M. Lermina l.soo francs
M. Varlet 1,600 francs
M. Antolne 2.000 francs
M. HUimanns 2,400 francs
This I believe effectually nails the last lie. All
these artists were engaged for six months, and all
of them received one month's salary in advance,
the entire sum that passed through my hands in
I'aris being about tio.ooo, for which I gave vouchers
and receipts in full. These were all in Mr. Flsk's
postesf Ion when I returned. Nothing was said of
swindling. In fact, Mr. Fisk evinced a carelessness
about the business prospects of the venture which
amazed me. The first question that he asked ma on
my meeting him after my return was, "Well, Max,
la Montaiand a better looking woman that Lawler?"
A SUPPER
was given to the women of the troupe on their first
night here. It was spread In one of the Erie offices,
and wbb a banquet which must have cost thousands
of dollars. The orchestra of the theatre was pre
sent and furnished the music while the company sat
at table. When I arrived Mr. Flak desired me to
act as Interpreter, he not speaking a word of French
and the ladles not a word of English. "Inform these
ladles, Max," said he, "that we have no kings or
emperors in this country, but we have James Fisks:
that. In fact, New York is called Fiskville already."
I believe I tried to soften the Intolerable vanity of
this speech In the translation, and the author of It
suspected it. At all events, I gave Mr. Fisk to un
derstand very plainly, then and there, that he must
employ another interpreter; that I was not to be
used as a go-between. And from that moment the
suspicion began to dawn upon lils mind that I was a
B Indler and a thief.
SUCKERS.
Nothing was, however, said about my business
transactions. Some six or seven days afterwards,
finring which interval I had been daily employed in
organizing and rehearsing the company, Mr. Fisk
told me the company was going up to Newport, and
wanted to know if I would not go along. With a
manager's natural eye to business, I suggested to
him that the troupe had now been la the country a
week and nothing had been written about them in
the papers; that It would be a better plan to give a
Bupper and Invite some of the members of the press,
and let them see and bear the principal artists. Mr.
Flak's reply was, "Oh, I I dou't want any of them
suckers in my place. You take a couple of hundred
dollars and you can make It right with the whole of
'em."
LOOKING TO WINDWARD.
With a company run upon these new principles, It
must be supposed I began to have suspicions con
cerning Its artistic success, and naturally enough I
did not hesitate to listen to the offers of Max Stra
Kosch, which were to await Mr. Flsk'a ultimatum for
final closing. It was not until some days later,
when I conducted the first Nlisson concert, that
Mr. Fisk fully made up his mind as to my being a
swindler and a thief. This act of mine, coupled
with my Impolitic refusal to act as interpreter
to use no worse word settled my moral status. It
Is true, Mr. Fisk had engaged the services of a
lialr-dresser, who came out, shortly after the
arrival of the troupe, in dress coat and
white vest and occupied the middle seat In all public
exhibitions of the prima donna and the proprietor,
and my services were not required ; but I had given
offense and bad even assisted at what Mr. Fisk was
pleased to term a "rival show." The rest is known
to the public. On the morning after the Nilssou
concert, Mr. Fisk, with some litUe difficulty, owing
to my own respect for my family, consigned me f
the limbo of swindlers, thieves, and suckers, where
bo many of his managers had been sent before, and
where I found congenial company In the press and
that part of the community which still has an old
fashioned prejudice against the occupation of the
panderer, and can stand all revivals except that of
bedom and Gomorrah. Max Makbtzkk.
Deacon Moses Upton, a lunatic, confined in
the "Taunton, Mass., Insane Asylum, imagined
that the physicians bad cut his stomach out,
and therefore he refused to partake of food, lie
lived about two weeks, when be died from abso
lute starvation. His attendants tried to force
food down his throat, but he firmly closed his
teeth and frustrated their efforts, sayin? that it
would be highly injurious for a man without a
stomach to eat anything.
Martin Harris, one of the' "three witnesses"
to the Book of Mormon, has lately been on a
visit to Salt Lake City. He is now elgbty-eibt
years of age, and is remarkably lively and ener
getic for his years He holds firmly to the tes
timony he baa borne for over forty years that
an angel appeared before him and the other wit
nesses, and showed them the plates upon which
the characters of the Book of Mormon were in
scribed. After being many years separated
from the body of the Church, he has come, says
the Bait Lake Herald, to spend the evening of
i m -msinfF th a LlloVAPA In that Unib n
JtP 18 K prominent ft witness. ,
THE SEDAN SURRENDER.
The Kin f Prnnnln'K Nech en the Battle
field. A letter m the Prussian Cross Gazette, of the 11th,
dated Vendresse, the 81, says: I have already told
you what took place up to noon on the 8d. The
French commander, General Wlmpffen, who had
been obliged to take command of the army enclosed
In Sedan in place of the severely wounded MacMa
bop, hesitated to sign the capitulation, as be did not
wish to close a long military career free from
renroach by to contemptible an act, the fault of
which was not hia. Only arrived from Algeria two
days previously In order to take the command of
General Fallly's division, who, on unknown grounds,
had been removed by MacMahon, he had suddenly
been obliged to take the command of the whole
army, and would now he responsible to France
for this capitulation. He had learned to know Ger
man strategy and bravery, saw himself completely
Invested and over eight hundred guns from all the
neighboring heights directed at Sedan. His signa
ture, therefore, was given before the llnal truce ex
pired. When the document was brought to the
King on the hill near Donchery, his Majesty ordered
it;to be read before the assembled priuccs, to whom
the Duke of Baxe-Coburg and Prince William of
Wurtembcrg had been added, and General-Adjutant
Treskow read the several paragraphs of the capitu
lation, according to which those officers were to be
at once released who, in writing, gave their word
of honor not to serve again In this war against Prus
sia They could then retain their swords and take
their property with them out of the fortress.
If they did not give their word of honor, they
shared the fate of the rank and file, who, in
recognition of the bravery they had displayed, were
allowed all the honors of war, but were uncondi
tional prisoners of war. All eagles, weapons, guns,
and provisions were moreover surrendered. When
the reading of this memorable document waa ended,
the King, speaking to all present, but especially to
the princes, said: "You know, gentlemen, what
a great historical event has taken place. I owe this
to the distinguished deeds of the allied armies, to
whom I feel bound on this occasion to express my
kingly thanks, especially as this success Is well
adapted to knit more nmly the chain which unites
the friends of the North German Confederacy and
my other allies, whose princely representatives I
see numerously assembled round me at this mo
ment. We may hope, therefore, for a happy future.
Our task, however, is not completed with what has
happened under our eyes, for we do not know
how the rest of France will accept and Judge
it. We must, therefore, remain ready for blows;
but I already give my thanks to every one who has
contributed a leaf to the laurel crown of fame of
our fatherland." In mentioning his allies, the King
directed his eye particularly to Prince Leopold of
Bavaria and Prince William of Wurtemberg, to
whom he subsequently gave hia hand, one ean
easily imagine the effect ef these words of the King
at this moment and In this circle. A glance upon
the valley where Prussians, Saxons, Bavarians,
and Wurtembergers were encamped round a hostile
army and fortress, Illustrated it more than descrip
tion could do. The King soon afterwards
mounted his horso and rode down to the valley
to visit the;camps of the different army corps. The
road led his Majesty past the Emperor's temporary
quarters, before which a Bavarian Infantry company
was stationed. As the Emperor had voluntarily
surrendered himself, vanquished, bis Majesty was
able to visit him In order to console him in his pain
ful situation. On the.hllla lt,was Bald the Emperor
would be sent to Bruhl Castle, near Cologne ; but It
was ascertained when his Majesty left the room,
after half an hour's private conversation, that Wll
lielmshohe would be Napoleon's future residence.
His Majesty then, till late In the evening, rode
through the bivouacs of the various corpa, and was
everywhere received with Indescribable enthusiasm
by his brave Boldlera. About 1 he returned to hia
headquarters at Vendresse.
After ihe Bottle.
A. Sedan correspondent of the London Times
writes :
We were recommended to go to a certain M.
Plcard, who, we were told, had no one In bis house.
Plcard said, "try next door ;" but next door we were
assured that Plcard was the man, and that If he liked
to do it he could give ns a room. "Of course, if you
Insist npon it you must have It," said Plcard a cun
ning sort of boor, whom Balzac might hate Intro
duced into Lea Paysana, "Let me see. Would you
Uke to have the room next this ? There is a wounded
man In here yon see he Is not dead. The ball baa
been extracted. The surgeon even says that he
thinks be can briDg him round; but this wound nas
to be dressed every half hour; and that might disturb
you. Otherwise, if you like both of you to sleep
on the ground by the side of the wounded man, for
God's sake do bo." Declined with thanks! "Then,"
Bald Plcard, "you would perhaps like the room up
stalra where my little boy is lying dangerously 111
with the scarlet fever? You have only to sav so,
and a bed shall be prepared for you at once." ' The
scarlet fever was also declined. "You have an ex
cellent room on the first floor, looking Into the
street," said the Bavarian; "I have already ex
amined your house from the outside." "Yes," an
swered Ficiard, "and two young ladles on a visit to
my wife they went out for a walk an hour ago, and
have not yet returned are going to sleep in It. Y ou
would not, I suppose," glaring at ua with dull, atupid,
but Iferocloua eyes, as much as to say "there la
no sort of atrocity, all the same, of which you
are not capable" "you would not, I supppae, ask
rr.e to make up a bed there?" "What other
rooms have you?-' we asked. "This one, the one
you are now standing In." he replied (we had left
the room occupied by the wounded Jrnan), "and I
will now tell you what I can do for you. In this
room, In that bed, my wife and myself have slept
every night for the last thirty-five years. I will now
give it up to you, gentlemen, and my wife and
myself will walk up and down the street all night
while you are reposing." At last we went to the
Mayor, who keeps, or ought to keep, a list of
available quarters. He could tell us of none, but
It appeared that In his own bouse, at one of tfce ex
treme ends of the town, doors shut, windows
darkened, there were two magnificent suites
of rooms, of which we occupied one. M.
le Malre could give us no breakfast
next morning. He pleaded bachelorhood, and swore
he had no cook, nor could he say where even a piece
of bread was to be bought. Indeed, the only sign of
hospitality he thought lit to manifest during my brief,
and, I trust, never to be renewed acquaintance with
bim, was the offer of the tenth part of a bottle of
brandy the night that the Emperor sent In his letter
to tbe King of Prussia, Every one thought the war
was at an end ; and, certainlyreven the victors them
selves were pleased to Chink so. As for the van
quished the population of the conquered town I
was staying In their delight was something humi
liating to witness. "Nous voila Prussleus," ex
claimed one man, with contented cynicism, as much
as to say, "We are morally disgraced, but we, at
least, shall not die of hunger."
EUROPEAN ITEMS.
The Itiisao-Turklsh Imbroglio
Downing street and the clubs are still more ex
cited to-day than yesterday by details from Constan
tinople of the Bussian movements and objects in the
East. It appears that a rebellion has broken out
against the Sublime Porte at Tnkala, In Thessaly,
and that the Tbessalians are (locking In numbers to
that spot. It Is believed that the rebellion is encour
aged, If not provoked, by the Russian Government.
Ii is feared that Jannla will soon be in arms with all
Albania. The Kussian fleets In the Black Sea and
the Baltic are reported to be under sailing orders,
and war Is regarded to-day as Imminent between
Russia and Turkey.
GARIBALDI TO HIS FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN.
Capkeka, Sept. 7 To my Friends v-Yesterday I
Bald to you, "War to the knife against Bonaparte."
I say to you to-day, "It is necessary to help the
French republic by all possible means." An Invalid
niyBelf, I have offered myself to the provisional
government of Paris, and 1 hope that It will not be
Impossible for me to fullU a duty. Yes, my fellow
countrymen, we ought to esteem It a sacred duty to
help our French brethren.
Our mission will certainly not exist In fighting our
brothers of Germanv, who, being the arm of Provi
dence, have burled into the dust the germ of the
tyranny which weighed heavily on the world, but we
shall go in order to sustain the only system which
can secure peace and prosperity between nations.
1 repeat that we must uphold la all possible ways
the French republic, which, restored to wisdom by
the lessons of the past, will always be one of the
firmest supports of the regeneration of the human
race. Garibaldi.
TUB LCS OK TUB CAPTAIN.
The mystery which bung around tie manner In
Whlcb the Captain wa lost has been dispelled by the
arrival, at tiiu London Admiralty, of the gunner of
the vessel, who, with seventeen of the crew, escaped
to tell tbe tale. A heavy squad struck tbe ship, she
yielded to Us force, and capsized. Captain Bur
goyne was on deck at tbe moment; be ordered the
topsails to be lowered and the sheets to be let fly ;
but as the vessel laid over, the bottom of tbe hurri
cane deck was exposed to the full force of the wind,
and, acting as a huge sail, pressed ber lower and
lower Into tbe water nuAil she turned completely
over; her deck waa burst la by tbe Immense weight
pressing npon it; she filled with water, and went
down like a stone. The two fatal errors in the con
struction of the Captain were putting masts into
her, ami giving ber only instead of 8 feet free
board, as Captain coles bad. designed.
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
'Another Battle at Metz.
The French Again Defeated.
Austrian Intervention Impossible.
THE ROMAN QUESTION
The Affair at Chatilion.
Details of the French Rout.
Refng-ees at Tours,
Etc. Etc., lite, Etc., Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
The French nt Metz nanln Defeated.
London, Sept. 20. The Times this morning
publishes a special telegram from Saarbruckeu,
dated the 24th, giving the following intelli
gence: Yesterday at Metz, Baaino made a
feint on the Bide of Mercj'-la-Ilaut, and at
tempted to escape to Thionville. There was a
heavy cannonade for Borne hours. After a sharp
fiht at Moulin, seven miles from Metz, the
French were driven in again. Their losses were
Berlous. Bazaine sent back the Prussian pri
soners he had taken in the engagement.
Aheavy force, comprised mainly of Bavarians,
Is penetrating the country towards Lyons.
TlieCnthedrnl at Ntrnsburc
has not been irreparably in j ared by the Prus
sian bombardment. The astronomical clock in
the tower is still going.
Austrian Intervention Impossible.
Baron von Beust, Austrian Prime Minister,
assured M. Thiers of his deepest sympathy with
France, but was compelled to say intervention
was now impossible.
France and Itusaln.
It is said Thiers will offer the Czar important
concessions in the East as a price for Russia's
good oflices.
Sclileswljr Petitions Primula
for relief from the onerous conditions of tho
treaty of Prague.
French Levy En Masse.
A call for a levy en masse is hourly expected
in France.
The French Fleet
in the Baltic has been charged with the duty of
cutting the cable connecting North Gerrmny
and Sweden.
The Kefusrees In Tours.
Tours, Sept. 20. The city is crowded with
refugees from all parts of France. Hotels and
private houses are filled to overflowing, and at
night many people are compelled to sleep In the
streets.
Belgium and Prussia.
Brussels, Sept. 20 The Belgian press
unanimously denounces the arrogance of the
Prussian pretensions.
The Koinan Question.
Florence, Sept. 20. General Cadonna, inad
dressing the Provisional Government at Rome,
commissioned by himself on Saturday last, said:
"Your task is sublime. The twentieth of Sep
tember is an era in your history, for it makes
Rome again the capital of the kingdom. God ia
manifestly with you."
TI1E COMBAT AT CUATILLON.
The Retreat of the French Forces Arrent of
A Ueneral for Disloyalty to the llepubllo.
Special Despatch to the N. Y. Tribune.
London, Sept. 25 General Ducrot appears to have
command on the south of Paris. Ilia despatches
dated from the Fort of Vanves (the iullest report of
the action fought on Monday, called tbe combat of
Chatilion), are published in the Opinion Rationale.
Ducrot had three divisions with which he engaged a
bedy of Prussians in the woods of Meudon and
Ciamart. A reconnoissance made the day before
showed that the Prussians bad crossed the Seine at
VlUeneuve-SU-Oeorges, and were working round by
the woods to Versailles. Under such circumstances
it wis dlmcult to estimate their number. On Sun
day evening, General Ducrot massed bis troops la
the neighborhood ol Ohatillon ; by 5 tbe next morn
ing, tho franc-tirailleurs began to be actively en
gaged, and were repuised, but not vigorously, by the
Prussian Infantry.
The despatches say: The Germans seemed to
be quite at home In the woods. Each tree was a for
tiflcatlon, from which they took deliberate aim, the
firing being Incessant and very tierce. Our Inlaatry
regiments and the Bayeux Cuiralssiers had ven
tured too far, and, coming suddenly upon a strong
body of Germans, suffered heavy losses. Some of
our troops came upon a corpa of Prussians at almost
point-blank range. Just at this time a battalion of
Garde Mobile of the ISelne came up and began tiring
Into the 16th ltegimeut, whlcn threw them luto dis
order, and caused their precipitate retreat.
The main body of tbe tierman forces seized tbe
height upon our left wlUcb commanded the plateau
on which our infantry was placed. Upon this height
they planted their artillery, and directed npon it a
perfect hall-storm of shot and shell. This terrible
cannonade shook those of our troops which, coin
pesed In great part of reserves, had been drawn up
In long columns on the plateau. They suffered
severely, and seeing that some of our troops which
had received orders were moving off out of the
wood, they too took part In the backward move
ment. The Prussians then advanced, but still kept under
cover. Shots rained on our uueu when they could
not Bee an enemy, and knew not whlcb way to Ure.
At 9 o'clock the first line fell back; the second fol
lowed Its example, and formed under Ure of the
forts of Montrouge and Vanves. Unfortunately the
redoubt of Chatilion was not armed.
At 10 o'clock the alarm was sounded at the gate
of Montrouge. The bridge was drawn up. but as
fugitlvei an lved it was let down again. About loot)
Boldiers defiled by it directly remnants of the 10th,
73d, 90th, etc. The cutrassslers got la by the Orleans
gate. It was but a partial retreat after all, as the
14th Corps 1 still Intact. The fort of Montrouge
refused to admit a company of Garde Mobile that
fell back npon it la gord order. The General told
them they must get on to Paris.
General Ainhert, who commanded Section S of the
formications of Paris, extending from bastion No.
46 to bastion No. M, was arrested by bis own men on
Sunday afternoon. He was standing amid his offi
cers whom be had called together to give some ex
planations and instructions, when be dropped tne
remark that he trusted that tbe new battailous of
National Guards, having been formed upon the
model of the old ones, would prove equally
good; regretting, however, that the new bat
talions could only be supplied at present with
percussion muskets. A crowd of coo to 600
men began to cry Vive la JUpubliquel General
Amhert then told tbe officer that be could only
recognize a governmont ratiUed by universal suf
frage, which was not the case with the republic. A
captain replied that he would not acknowledge a
commander who did not acknowledge the republic ;
and thereupon proceeded with the others to make
General AiuUvU Prisoner. The General waa ltd
off to the cilice of the Minister of the Interior, where
this act was approved. General Trochu has since
toid these captains that they did quite right, and
has deprived General Amhert of his command.
The Imperial Dynasty Th .rmy Ha crl fired
10 Napoleon' Nnfely.
London, Sept. 2& fSpeclal despatch to tbe New
York Time, General W'impffen's statement, pub
llshed In the Indcpemlance Jlelge, Is considered as
having given the evup de grace to the Napoleonic
dynasty.
lie makes It perfectly clear that the Emperor did
not court death at the head or his troops, aa he
asserted, and that he sacrificed the last chances of
escape for the army to bis personal safety.
Imperial Speculation In Iteal Untitle.
The stories actively circulate! of tbe Imperial
?overy and unselfishness are Indorsed by tne London
'intra. They are all humbug, however. There is a
certain American, until recently employed
about the court, who could, If he would,
reveal startling secrets about the large
operations In wnich the Empress, through hia
aid, engaged with Baron Haussmann, Ex-Prefect of
the Seine, and in whlcb all three made large sums,
in connection with tbe expropriation of property
and buildings during the era of Improvement In
Paris, Personally the ex-Emperor may be poor,
but. the Empress and the Prince Imperial are splen
didly provided for.
This Rlornlaa'o Quotations.
London, Sept. 2611-30 A. M. Consols 92 v for
money and account. American securities quiet. U.
S. D-20B Of 1862, 90; Of 1868, Old, 89V; of 1861, SWV;
10-4ns, 86. Stocks dull. Erie, 19; Illinois Central.
113 ; Atlantic and Great Western, 2fi)tf.
Liverpool Sept. 2611-30 A. M Cotton dull-
middling uplands, 9)a9Vd. ; middling Orleans. 1
oxd. The sales are estimated at SOOO bales. Peas.
36s. '
This Afternoon's Quotations.
London, Sept. 201-30 P. M Consols 92 for
money and account. American securities quiet and
steady ; 6-208 of 1S02, 90f ; Atlantic and Great West
ern Kailway, 27.
Liverpool, Sept. 2(5-1-30 P. M Cotton dull;
middling uplands, 99Vd. ; Middling Orleans, 9W
(89?id. Cheese, 62s. Bacon 66s. for Cumberland
cut.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Reported Loss of the LT. 8. 8. Bibb."
Special Despatch to the Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Sept. 26 An incorrect des
patch has been telegraphed from this city of the
reported lossiof tbe U. 8. Coast Survey steamer
"Bibb," ns having foundered off Hatteras.
Advices received here from Norfolk, Va.,
dated yesterdaj, state that the tug 'Reso
lute" had reported at that port that she
left the " Bibb" at Hatteras Inlet on Wednesday
last safe and sound, with all well on board, wait
ing for good weather in order to complete her
survey. She has about three days more work to
do before she will return to Norfolk. Messrs.
B. & J. Baleer, who had, it is stated, reported
the loss, are unable to tell how the matter
originated.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Secretary Itoutwell
returned to Washington this morning in Improved
health, and Is attending to business at the Treasury
Lepartment to-day.
Commlsiiloner Delano
will leave Ills home In Ohio on Wednesday next, and
return to Washington to resume tbe business of bis
Bureau.
Check Stamps.
It appears from inquiries received at the Internal
Revenue Bureau the Impression is general that
after the 1st of October stamps are not required on
checks or drafts for a less amount than f too. This
la not the case, as the law affords such relief only in
the removal of the stamp tax imposed
on promissory note3 for a less sum than
one hundred dollars, and on receipts for any sum of
money or for payment of any debt, nor will any
stamp be required upon the transfer or assignment
of a mortgage where it or tbe instrument It secures
has been once duly stamped.
FROM THE STATE.
Personal.
Gettysburg, Sept. 20. Hon. Thomas
Hughes, member of the British Parliament, and
J. G. RoieDgarten, aid of General Reynolds,
have been stopping at Gettysburg Springs, and
leave to-day.
FROM THE WEST.
Destructive Fire In Wyomlnar Territory.
Cheyenne, Sept. 26 Half a block on Eddy
street was destroyed by fire last night. The
loss is estimated from $150,000 to $200,000.
There is very little Insurance.
FROM NEW YORK.
The New Eniland Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 20. The New England
Associated Press, including Boston, has renewed
its contract with the New 1 ork Associated Press
for the service of its news.
New York Mtock and Money Market.
Nbw York, Sept. 26. stocks very dull. Money.
66 per cent. Gold, 113V. 6-208, 1662, coupon!
Il2?i; do. 1S64, do., llix; do. 1865, da. llli;doI
1866, new, 0yt ; do. 1867, 110 ; do. 1868, 110 ; 10-408,
106,; Virginia 68, new, 63; Missouri 6s, 90; Canton
62; Cumberland preferred, 80; N. Y. Central and
Hudson Kiver, 92.; Erie, 22; Reading, 96 ;
Adams Express, 68; Michigan Central, lia"
Michigan Southern, 92; Illinois Central, lSiwf;
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 106 ; Chicago and Rock
Isiand, 117; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 92 v ; Western
Union Telegraph, 84
New York Produce Market.
Niw York, 8ept. 6. Cotton dull and heavy; sales
700 bales uplands at 17JC ; Orleans at 18i,c Flour
quiet and without decided change ; sales 7000 bar
rels. Wheat dull, but without decided change;
Bales 86,000 bushels. Corn Is wlthuat decided
change; Bales 88,000 bushels. Oats dull; sales
24,000 bushels Ohio at 638&6c. ; Western at 60
63c. Beef quiet. Pork lower; new mess, 124-60;
prime 823(3 24-60. Lard dull; steam, 14VcU&r.c
Whisky quiet at S8c. "
Til EKATIIAX MYSTERY.
The Youns Man Arrested at Hrhuvlblll Haven
Taken to New York-Ills Denial of Uuilt
The Hirugale for the Great Howard.
Frank Kipling, a young man about twenty-live
years of age, is now locked up at Police Head
quarters, charged with having admitted to four resi
dents at Schuylkill Haven that he waa concerned in
the Nathan murder. Tbe prisoner Is slightly built,
of Jewish cast of featurta, and very dark com
plexion. IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN.
Somewhere between the 13th and 16th of the
present month, the prisoner entered the Schuylkill
Haven Hotel, kept by Mr. John Epting, and asked
for lodging. He was received and given a share of
a room with James Levelle, a railroad employe
known as "One-ltgged Jim," by reason of his having
but one leg. From this point up to bis arrest, every
thing about bis conduct rests on statements made
by Lavelle, 'Mr. Epting, John Ii. Martz, constable
of Schuylkill Haven, and Benjamin Hoffman, captain
ol the canal boat Mary BrowD, on which the prisjner
ebtained employment.
UK KNEW ALL ABOUT IT.
Levelle, the bed-fellow of the prisoner In tbe hotel,
says that a few nights after the prisoner came to
Schuylkill Haven he was uneasy at night, walking
up and down tbe room, and striking his head with
his bands: Levelle asked bim what was the matter,
be replied, "Hid you hear about the Nathan mur
der?' and on being answered in the affirmative,
said: "I know all about It; I know who did It, and
was within four feet ol old Nathan when be was
struck." This statement or admission he is said to
have made to Eptlutt, Martz, and Hoffman, in addi
tion to Levelle
BI8 CLOTUI3.
It is charged that tbe daughter ef Mr. Epting
washed a white waistcoat for Kipling which was
Btalned with blood, and tnat on one occrslon Kipling
got up In tbe dead of the uigbt and washed a white
linen coat and pants at the yard pump. On bearing
tbe admissions it is said that Mr. Eptiug opened the
val.se of the prisoner and found pawntickets for
diamonds and jewelry.
BKEKINO TDK BIWARD.
Epting, Mart?, and Levelle determined to seek the
reward of 47,(KH) offered for the arrest of the mur
derer, came on to New York a few days ago and saw
a lawyer, who tovk Uiem to Judge Cwuozo. Ihe
Ju ge told them the reward would be paid to the
party giving Information which would lead to the
airest and conviction of the murderer. They re
turned to Pennsylvania and determined to have
Kl ling arrested on the canal boat by the Jersey
police when he reached New Brunswick. Hoffman,
however, imagining the others were trying to cheat
htm out of the reward, telegraphed Detective FhlL
Farley, who left this city on Thursday and reached
Schuylkill Haven on Friday.
TUB ARRKST.
Kipling had already left on the canal boat, and
Farley took the train to Limerick in orde to In er
cept him. After walking back eight mllen, Detective
Farley saw Jvlollng coming along the tow-path,
driving the mules of the boat, fie said, "Hallo,
Frank, dont yon know me?" The prisoner replied,
"No. 1 don t," "All right," replied the other, "I
know you : I am an officer, and want you." Kipling
was then arrested, handcuffed, and taken to Phila
delphia. He was brought to this city, where he ar
rived yesterday morning.
WHO hi 19.
Frank Kipling Is a son of Mr. Richard Kipling,
diamond broker and importer, at No. 24 Maiden
lane. His family Is very respectable, and his father
resides at Koselle, New Jersey, some miles from
Elieabeth. About a year ago domestlo trouble af
fected Kipling's mind, and he left his father s firm,
of Klchard Kipling A Son, his brother, Richard A.
Kipling, of the 22d Regiment N. Y. 8. N. G. (now In
France), taklni his place. Since then he has led a
nomadic life. "He left his father's residence at Re
selie on the 12th of August, and went to Schuylkill
Haven.
WHAT HE 8AT8.
Last night the prisoner was very communicative,
and on being talked to about the affair, laughed and
considered It a good joke. His statement la as fol
lows: 1 deny ia toto having said that I knew all about the Na
than murdor, or anything of the kind. On tlie lata of
Aagnftt 1 came into New York, went to Wallack'a Theatre,
went to tne National Hotel in' Oourtlandt street and
reitored my own name there; njw, a man who committed
a murder would not be such a fool aa to do that. I left ia
the mormtiK for Philadelphia, registered my name at the
Homing Iiouao, and went on to Schuylkill Haven. I whs not
uneasy in my sleep, and did not Ret up to wash anything
in tbe middle of the night : as to the white waistooat being
b'oody, it waa washed by the servants in ray father's house
before I loft, and they tan prove it waa not bloody. I
never told Levelle I knew anything about the murder;
what I did say was what was in tbe New York papers; for
they down in Schuylkill never not anything but Dutch
papers. Though my father did send me a railway ticket
from Philadelphia to New York to return home with, I
preferred to work on the canal boat for $20 a month and
my board, as I did not want to go home. I was married
over a year ago, and had trouble with the woman who is my
wife. 1 may have said that I did not want to go bask to
New York on account of the police, that was in reference to
my family trouble, but I did not say odowa there. I never
said 1 tended bar at tbe corner of Broadway and Bleeknr
strett, but I did say tn jest that 1 had tended ba- for
Frark Haghes, next the Olymjio, and that I knea Wash
ington Nat bun. That was in jest, and bad no truth in it.
1 was not in New York in July at all. exoeat once in the
daytime, and I slept at home in Rosel.e every night in
tliHt month. I can prove it. The fact is that these men
in Schnvikill Hnven are all poor, and will swear anything
to get the reward.
"WHAT UK AMOUNTS TO."
The Importance of the arrest may be Judged from
Detective Farley's clef patch o the Superintendent
yesterday morning from Philadelphia, as follows:
"I have got an elephant Farley." An elephant
slgtiiiies a humbiiR. The opinion of all the officers
Is that the prisoner, slightly demented, thought he
was doing a smart thing by stuffing the Schuyl
killers with lies, and they, dazzled by the reward In
prospective, believed the lies to be true, and had
him arrested.
In the statement printed above, the prisoner told
two distinct lies In saying that he registered bis
name at the National Hotel and Iteming House. In
vestigation shows no such registry. He will be de
tained at headquarters until, Mlcawber-llke, some
thing turns up one way or the other, and the men
from Schuylkill Haven come on here to-day. .Veto
1'orit Wvrld to-day.
LEGAL: irfTELLIQEWCD.
1 he Carney Homicide.
Court of Oyer and Terminer Judges Allison and
Paxson.
This morning, before Judges Allison and Paxson,
the trial of uillam Nixon alias Pentz, colored,
charged with the murder of William Carney, colored,
on the night of the 18th of last June, was com
menced. The circumstances of tbe case are briefly
these. On tbe night In question a ball was given In
a ball on Brown street, near Fifth, the participants
being colored people.
Tbe deceased was a barber, a married man, with a
family of four children, and be was also a musician,
on the night of the murder he stopped at a ball on
Brown street, and on his way home with his violin
be waa attacked and killed. It seems that a disturb,
ance took place about a woman named Draper, in
reference to a place In a set. Finally be advised ber
to go home, and volunteered to accompany her.
On the way down stairs some words passed and
Pentz struck the woman. Nixon remonstrated, and
the prisoner took from his pocket a pistol, whlcb be
bred at bim, resulting In bis death. The case was
opened by Assistant District Attorney Hagert.
Thomas H. Tbarp and F. A. Bregy, Jr., Esqs.,for
the defence.
The case was on trial at the close of our report.
The Obligations of Oil Speculators.
Supreme Court in Dane.
Tbe following decision was recently delivered in
tbe Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in banc by
Judge Agnew. It will be read with much interest
by all who have taken a flyer In oil during the exist
ence of the oil fever In 1864 and 1SC6, and may lead
to some litigation amoung disputants. The case Is
that of Messrs Hedge & Horn vs. Zollers. The deci
sion Is that the subscription for shares In a joint
stock company is but an act or declaration of the
invention of the subscriber to become a partner.
Thus far, the contract is merely executory ; and It
becomes executed, and the relation of partnership la
eptabllfhed, only when the subscriber evidences tbe
fact by acts of participation.
Tbe case arose on an appeal from the Court of
Common Pleas of Washington county, and it recites
that this Is a bill In equity, setting forth a partner
ship or voluntary association, actually formed, for
tt:o purpose of procuring land and boring for oil.
The plaintiff, as a partner or member of the asso
ciation, claims an account, and payment by the de
linquent members of the sums alleged to be owing
to tbe company. The principal qiustion raised U,
therefore, whether the defendants who appealed
were members of the partnership, otherwise they
are not liable to account under this bill. It Is not
an action by the association against a subscriber
for bis subscription. If the appellants
never became partners, tbe bill ought to
have been dismissed as to them. The
appellants, while admitting that they slgaed a sub
scription paper (then being carried around for the
purpose of forming a company) for two shares, of
fifty dollars eac h, and not at one hundred and
twenty-Qve dollars a share, totally deny their mem
bership as partners, averriug that, after wr ting
their names on the subscription paper, trier never
took any part In the formation of the company,
were net Informed of any meeting to organize, aud
never acted with the company as members
thereof. This answer was not denied, by
replication or otherwise, aud the case
went to a master, who seems to
bave acted also In the capacity of examiner in
taking the testimony. The court did not rind the
fact of partnership or decree an account, but the
whole thing seems to bave come up on the report of
the master upon the testimony had before bim.
This was very irregular, but It Is unnecessary to
decide the case on this ground. Indeed, after a
bearing on the meriis, without exception in the
court below to the formal defects, as was fie case
here, we might disregard the Irregularity under the
law regulating appeals to this court in equity cases.
rirtANCJc awi co.niimcc.
Bvcanto TtxaoBAra Orncs,
Monday, Sept. lid, 1H7U. (
1 he demand for loans to-day Is only moderate
and rates about as usual. Very little discount
Intr is reported nt the banks, which indicates
that there are no balances which caDnot be
placed on rail with collaterals. Both conditions
are in great favor at the banks, and rates to the
speculative borrowers are, ia consequence, ex
ceptionally low, 5)o per cent, is the'rance
according to tbe collaterals offered, and ICwiO
Ir cent, for first-class merchant paper. There
seems to be a demand for money to move the
Southern cotton crop which is now coming into
market. " -
Gold continues firm, the warlike news from
Europe steadying the market. Tne salea opened
at llo4 and advanced to ,'.
Government bonds dropped a fraction on the
receipt of tbe news unfavorable to peace. Most
of the issues fell off a fraction, the currencies
being er-peclally weak.-
Stocks continue dull but fairly steady. Sales
of City 6s, old bonds, at lfti. 101 was offered
for the new issue.
Reading Railroad Bold freely at 48. Small
sales of Pennsylvania at 5'J.'a, and Catawksa
preferred at 88.
In the balance of the list there was a good do
ixai,d, with fiee sales of Lehigh Navigation at
Sl32 b. o., a decline, but no further Bales
were made.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bra, No, 40 S. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
WW city or, oid...iu
liooo Elmlra 6s.... 60
r.oo Leh 6, 84 . . . . say
1 sb Read R..trf. 49'x
4f0 do Is. 48
100 do c. 48
c2 sh Penna It. Is. mm
OOBbLehV R..is. fctfCf
100 sh Cata Trf 83
loo Bh Leh Nav.b30. 82 V
100 do bs. 8iV
100 do b9. 82
mo do..rgAin. 48
Bl BRSBR. Dl HaVSN It
Bkothbr, No. 40 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following anotatinna.
U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 114114! do. 1863, 1H Vail3
do. 184. llliaillS ; do. 1866, hlS(lll;dO. 1868.
new. llO'.OUOf, ; do. 186T, do. 110'iiox ; do. 1868
do. ilO,llos; 10-408, 106.'(106 uisoYear
6 per cent. Currency, lllcllltf. Due Comn. int.
Notes, 19. Gold, ll3VCU3JtfJ Silver, lOsTain.
Union Taciflo Railroad 1st Mort Bonds, 62683v
Central Paclflo Railroad, 900(4910; Union Pacini!
Land Orant Bonds. Tir740. u
Messrs. William Pjintkr ft Co., No. 8 S. Third
street, report the following quotations: U. 8. 6 01
1881, 113(4114: 6-208 Of 1862, 112VH3; do. 1864.
111'(1UX; do. 1866, lll(ill'f; do-.July, 18!
110(f nox ; do., July, 1867. lio.vlioi; do. July.
1868, nos'iiox ; 6a, 10-40, i06iio)tf fb. g. Pacific
Kit. Cy. 68,lim 112. Oold, ii3.yll3V.
Jay Coo kb &. Co. qnote Government securities aa
follows: U. 8.6S Of 1881, 114(9114 V; 6-iiOS Of 1863.
112XU3: do. 1864, 111?(11!K; do. NOV. 186fl!
Ill ; do. do., July, 110(9110 ; do. da, 1867.
110I110X,,dO. 1868, 110,iO110HS 10-408, WSd
106ft ; Paclncs, Uixauix. oold. il9 y. ,(
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Monday, Sopt. 26. There la nothing doing in
Quercitron Bark; the last sale or No. 1 was at 2T
V ton.
Tbe movements in new Cloverseed are unimpor
tant; we quote at 177-25; Timothy is lower and
ranges from 4-605 26, the latter from second
hands; small sales of Flaxseed at Jj-23 ft bushel, at
which figure It Is offered to arrive.
The season for Provisions Is abeut over, and the
sales are only in Job lots at $27-7628 barrel for
mess pork; $37 for beef hams; 1919-c. for hams
in pickle; I6l8xc for sides in salt: 13 vc. for
shoulders; leie.c, for Western Lard; and 113 va
14Jc for Cheese. ' "W
The Flour market is quiet, the inquiry being con
fined to the wauts of the local trade; sales of 600
barrels. Including superfine at 5-25X6 60 extras
at 62i6-76; Northwestern extra family at I6r&
6-7r; Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do. at 16-76(47
and fancy brands at 7-25$s-50. Rye Flour is Btronir
at tS'70 ) barrel. In Corn Meal nothing doinjr
The Wheat market Is very quiet; sales of 800
bushels Pennsylvania red at $1 -39, some Indiana at
11-38(3 1-40, and amber at (146 bushel. Rye ia
steady at 88i 90c. Corn is a shade lower, with sales
of 6000 bushels at 99c. for yollow and 95A97c for
mixed. Oats are unchanged; 2000 bushels Pennsvl.
vania and Western sold at 65c. J
Whisky is quiet ;.1&0 barrels Western wood-bound
sold at t9c.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Monday, Sept. 26 The receipts of beef cattle
although not as large as those of last week and tho
week preceding, were nevertheless more than eoual
to the demand, and while there was a more animated
inquiry, prices were not higher. Receipts, 2440
h-ad, We quote choice at 99.)tfo ; fair to good at
7(38X0.; and common at 6(6c per pound tros.
The following sales were reported:
lttaa.
346 Owen 8mlth, Virginia, 79.
60 John Smyth & Bros., Western, 7(39.
61 Dernls Smyth, do., J;97r.
90 A. Christy, do., 78?i.
60 James Christy, do., a$9.
67 Dengler & McCleese, do,, 6S.
125 P. McFlllen, do , 68.
90 P. Hathaway, do, "n&8X.
100 James S. Kirk, Chester county, 73,S v.
61 B. F. McFlllen, Western, 78. "
100 James McFlllen, do., 7X(98).
130 K S. MeFUlen, do., 7$8V.
475 J. J. Martin & Co., do., 6(49.
106 Mooney ft Miller, do., 79)i.
b0 Thomas Mooney ft Bra, do., 77jf.
90 IL I bain, do., 67.
83 Joseph Chain, do., 6'i37.
24 B. Baldwin, do., Ma
60 James Clemsen, do. 6(38,v.
43 w. Alexander, Chester county, 7rf8id'.
9 Jesse Miller, do., 6;(8.v.
86 Thomas Durly, do., 848)J.
110 John McArdle, Western, V39V.
loo R. Maynes, do., 6X(a;8tf.
35 E. ft L. Chand er, Chester county. CfiSjtf.
43 Charles Welker, Virginia, 537.
21 W. Toole, da, 6)tf(ae)tf.
70 James Anil, do., rxa 7.
Cows and Calves met a good Inquiry, and prices
advanced. Sales of 150 head at $5080.
Sheep were not so much In request, and prices
favored buyers. Sale of 12,000 bead at the Park
Drove Yrd, at 65Xc. 3? pound for good; 2ii3 w
bead for low stock; aud 7(8tfc. for lambs. 6000
head sold at the Avenue Yard at 4sfG3,Vc. y pound
gross.
Hogs were extremely slow of sale, and prices
again declined. Sales of 2895 head at SUfMksUl-73
V 100 pounds, net, for slop, and 118(13-60 for corn
fed, closing weak at these figures.
LATEST SHITPISQ INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine New set Inside Pages.
(By Telegraph.)
Fortress Monrob, Va., Sent- The pilot-boa'
Sllcer reports passed in for Baltimore, brigs Fla
mingo and Bessie, from Rio.
A French frigate passed up for Norfolk thM
morning.
Norfolk, Sept. 26 Arrived, for slight repairs,
French corvette Primaugnet.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA SEPTEMBER 2ft
STATB OF THERMOMITIR AT TDK BY1NINO TELEGRAPH
OFFICK
7 A. M 71 1 11 A. M...".....78 9P. M.r.....82
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Brig Susan Bergln, Davis, Gibraltar, L. Westergaard
ft Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Regulator, Brooks, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to John F. Ohl.
Steamer W. Wbllldlu, Itiggans, 13 hours from Bal
timore, witb mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Brig Horald, Hanson, from Brookvlile, S. C, with
lumber to T. P. Galvln h. Co.
Scbr indward, Plumps, 8 days from Rappahan
i k, with poplar wood to Collins h. Co.
Schr Criterion, Cornwall, from Rappahannock.
no
wlili railroad ties to Collins tt Co.
Schr West Dennis, Crowell, from Boston, with
merchandise.
Schr Reading RR. No. 44, Trainer, from George
to n.
Schr Young Teaser. Slocum, from Fall River.
Sibr F. A. Heath, Warner, do.
Schr Edith May, Hlggitis, fm Wellfieet, with mdse.
Schr Charles E. Elmer, Corson, from Boston.
Schr W. 11. Tiers, Glilord, do.
Schr Lizzie Raymond, Lord, from Newport.
Schr Ann E Sariord, Powers, from Pawtucket.
Schr M. A. McGahan, (-all, from New London.
Schr John McCab, Pickup, from Norwich.
Special Despateh to The Evening Telegraph.
Havkb-dk-gkack, Sept.26.Tbe following boats
if ft this morning in tow :
Patterson h. Lipplncott, with lumber to Patterson
ft Llpptncctt.
W. W. Maberry, with lumber to Taylor k. Betts.
George Craig, with lumber to Craig ft Blanchard.
Star, with lumber to II. f Yoskey fc Co.
Hall fc Frank, with lumber, for Newark.
G. W. tarmour, with lumber, for Jersey City.
MEMORANDA.
Steamers Western Metropolis, Crowell, and Rapt
dan, Whltehurt, from New Orleans; Virgo, Bulkley,
from Savannah; James Adger, Ltckwood, from
Cheriesien ; and Wii'iain P. Clyde, Sherwood, from
Wilmington, N. C, arrived at New York yesterday.
Steamer Volunteer, Jones, hence, at New York
yesterday.
Br. bark Lizzie Morrill, from Glasgow for Phila
delphia, W8S spoken 23d Inst. lat. 40 23, lone. 69 40.
Schrs N. P. Simpson, VaUe. hence for Stamford,
and Charles cooper, Nicholson, bence for Ports
mouth, N. 11., at New Yerk yesterday.
Schrs Charles C. Bearse, Hodgdon, from Boston
for Philadelphia; Blast, Parker, from Trenton for
Derby ; Kate Kallahan, Avery, bence for New Lon
don ; Transit, Rackett, do. for Providence ; Sarah A.
Hammond, Frlskey, da for Bob ton ; T. L. Lockwood.
Lockwood, da for New Haven; J. D. Ingraham,
Dlckerson, do. for Hartford; John Lancaster, Wil
liams, do. for East Greenwich; Edward Wooten,
Young, do. for Pawtucket; J. J. Harris, Harris, do.
for Pawtucket; Ira Bliss, Hudson, do. for Provl
dence; R. E. Russell, Mehartey, do. for Mlddletown;
and Isaac Rich, Rich, J. Ponder, Jr., brown, and
Rescue. Cobb, do. for Boston, passed Hell Gaig
yenteiday,